At the same time Dr. Richard Salluzzo was restoring Cape Cod Healthcare’s financial wellbeing, he was prescribing Valium and Zoloft inappropriately for his own use and for family members. He also failed to keep appropriate medical records.

On Nov. 16, the Massachusetts Board of Registration reprimanded Salluzzo and fined him $3,000. Salluzzo, who left the Cape health system last year, signed a consent order agreeing to the findings and sanction.

In a press statement, Cape Cod Healthcare said it had received a complaint and had “followed our established procedures” to involve the board.

After reiterating its statement last year that Salluzzo was “instrumental in allowing Cape Cod Healthcare to regain financial and organizational stability,” the organization lifted the veil on the issue that led to his departure:

“Dr. Salluzzo believed that the key to the future of healthcare was consolidation, while CCHC’s board felt, and continues to believe, that it’s important to honor our mission by continuing to serve our community through local governance and control, and by maintaining an independently viable Cape-based system.”